This episode is all about connections. The connections between  an unexpected gift, a thousand-year old poem, a legendary jazz musician, a stolen illustration, the Grateful Dead, and how they all converged in the creation of a secret room at McMenamins Kennedy School. You'll hear the story behind it all, including descriptions from the artists on how it all came to fruition.

Check out the transcript & photos here on the BLOG

Produced by McMenamins and Gretchen Kilby

Host: Shannon McMenamin

Sound design & audio editing: Gretchen Kilby

Interviews & audio composition: Kat Nyberg

Writing & editing: Kat Nyberg, Michelle "Jake" Robbins, Gretchen Kilby

McMenamins production team: Kat Nyberg, Michelle "Jake" Robbins, Renee Rank Ignacio

Art: Lillian Ripley

Email The Red Shed Tapes: podcast@mcmenamins.com

Website: mcmenamins.com/podcast

In this episode marking the 20th anniversary of Portland's iconic concert series December to Remember, we listen in on a conversation between co-founders Jimi Biron, McMenamins' music director, and Mark Hamilton, program director for 94/7 fm. You'll hear how the series is unique and why so many Portlanders who've been to December to Remember shows are still saying, "I heard them when."

Check out the transcript & photos here on the BLOG

Produced by McMenamins and Gretchen Kilby

Host: Shannon McMenamin

Sound design & audio editing: Gretchen Kilby

Writing: Michelle "Jake" Robbins

McMenamins audio and interview: Kat Nyberg

McMenamins production team: Kat Nyberg, Michelle "Jake Robbins, Renee Rank Ignacio

Art: Lillian Ripley

Email The Red Shed Tapes: podcast@mcmenamins.com

Website: mcmenamins.com/podcast

Today when you go to a pub in Oregon, you'll find a long list of locally brewed craft beers. That wasn't always the case. In 1985 a handful of brewing pioneers, including Mike and Brian McMenamin, changed the future of beer in Oregon forever. Host Shannon McMenamin and her cousin Conners take a look back at the role their dads played in passing the Brewpub Bill; we hear from some of the original pioneers, talk to brewers today, and muse about how pub culture has changed.

Check out the transcript & photos here on the BLOG

Produced by McMenamins and Gretchen Kilby

Host: Shannon McMenamin

Sound design and audio editing: Gretchen Kilby

Writing: Michelle "Jake Robbins

Editing: Michelle "Jake" Robbins, Gretchen Kilby, and Kat Nyberg

McMenamins archival audio and photos: Kat Nyberg

Additional archival photos courtesy of John Foyston

McMenamins production team: Michelle "Jake" Robbins, Kat Nyberg, and Renee Rank Ignacio

Art: Lillian Ripley

Get in touch with The Red Shed Tapes: podcast@mcmenamins.com

Website: www.mcmenamins.com/podcast